Improved lifting-hook, guard



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Letztem PatentlVo. 75,630,0Za-ted Veroli 17, 1868.

` IMPROVED LIFTING-HOOK, GUARD, cite., 130B` SII'OVBS.V

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.Be it known that I, H. PELHMCURTIS, of Washington, District of Columbia, Major Unitedsmts Army, have invented a newand useful Combination of Hook, Guard, and Handle for lifting on and oil-heatedhlowers and lids from Franklin land other stoves, cooking-ranges, 8vo., and for other similar purposes; andI do' hereby declare that the following is a full'and exact description thereof, reference being-had tothe accompanying drawings, making a part ofthis specification, and to th'e figures of reference rnarked thereon. i

Figure 1 is a perspective view. Figure 2f, a.v side view ofthehook and its attachment. Figure, 3, afront view, and Y Figure 4 a back viewff the article for .which a p atent is.V desired. l ,Therguard or shield, asfshown in gs. `Il, 3, 4, may be made of-iron, tin, orany otherfthin lnetal of s 'ufiieient stillness. It suppercorners are'fcut away to leave room between thenifand'the hook for th'evadmission of .the

blower brother handle.' The handle is of suitable inaterial, cast or wrought iron or \I ood,in the vgeneral form shoivn in drawing No. 1. 'The hook is attached to or near the top ofy tlieshield, and is so bent as 'to permit the blower or other handle to pass freelyv upon it. It-projects soinewhat above the top of the shield,'tl1at it may more readily enter the aperture of stove-lids. Its en d may be broadened, as indicated dotted -lines inthe drawing herewith subinttedif Its' plane of principal curvature is parallel, or nearly so, with that'ofthe shield. I The Ioiverfcorners -of the shield are provided'withlshort legs or arms, Vwhich act as braces against the blower of the Franklinbr other stove, and prevent it from swinging round againstfthe hand.

i Respecting the details `of my inventionthe legs, hooks, and handle in ayl'be combined in one pieee,as shown the drawings' at Bland 0,-01'l the legs and handle may bein one piece, asrrepresented and designated C, or

these three parte maylbe'made in separate pieces,v and' properly joined tothe shield. But all such changes aro merenodificatiens of'theeSSental features ef my invention.

' .The article herein described 'is designed to take theplaee of' the cloth holder or bent pker, now comrmonly einpleyedff "It can beapplied Atvo-the lifting' onor ofi` of blowersof Franklin stoves, or stovesof that general character-:Which -havearemovable blowel, lids of ranges and furnaces, taking out sad-irons from ovens, and

:manyother:V similardomestie uses, ivhere'a holder ofv cloth is newV generally made Ause of'. I consider the legs attached 'to the lower cornersI of the shield as iinportant additions to the convenient use of` this invention, but 'Iotas .essential parts of it.`

Theinventinrabove described gives a full control over`- the article to-be lifted and holdsit securely, and at the same tiuiejamply-protects the hand from injury from heat and ame,as well as from the swinging round ofthe-hot blowen'l-id, oriotherobject.V l i .-'Whatf claim"asmy-'inventionfarid desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl- V' 5 l ,The cembination'of shield, hook, and handle, marked respectivelyA, B, and C, substantially in the manner aud-for` the purposestherein described.. Y

l i H. P. CURTIS.

Witnessesz' V'.luoiuas- F. BARR, O. L. PRunEN. 

